Avar

American  

[ah-vahr] / ˈɑ vɑr /

noun

1. a member of a people, probably originating in Asia, who settled in Dacia a.d. c555, later occupied Pannonia, and invaded other parts of central and eastern Europe before their decline in the 9th century.

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Avar British  

/ ˈeɪvɑː, ˈævɑː /

noun

1. a member of a people of unknown origin in E Europe from the 6th to the early 9th century _ad : crushed by Charlemagne around 800

2. a member of a people of the Caucasas

3. the language of this people, belonging to the North-East Caucasian family

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Example Sentences

From Avar funeral customs, and from written reports of their neighbours, scholars have reconstructed some of their social practices and ways of life.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2024

Contrary to common practice in ancient DNA research, the team aimed to study whole communities and therefore focused on sampling all available human remains from four fully excavated Avar period cemeteries.

From Science Daily • Apr. 24, 2024

That suggests the population was tens of thousands strong, Pohl says, or that more migrants from their homeland kept joining the Avar in Europe for decades after their first conquests.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 1, 2022

They will introduce new heroes — including the inspirational Jedi Avar Kriss — and villains, such as the Nihil, “space marauders,” who threaten the peace of the galaxy.

From Washington Post • Feb. 22, 2021

Save Africa and Egypt and the district immediately around the capital, all the provinces were overrun by the Persian, the Avar, and the Slav.

From The Byzantine Empire by Oman, Charles William Chadwick